coke
Noun · VerbWordNet 3.0
Noun (3)
- carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal
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Verb (1)
- become coke“petroleum oils coke after distillation”
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Coke \Coke\, n. [Perh. akin to cake, n.] Mineral coal charred, or depriver of its bitumen, sulphur, or other volatile matter by roasting in a kiln or oven, or by distillation, as in gas works. It is lagerly used where ? smokeless fire is required. [Written also coak.] [1913 Webster]
Gas coke, the coke formed in gas retorts, as distinguished from that made in ovens. [1913 Webster]
Coke \Coke\, v. t. To convert into coke. [1913 Webster]